Fundamental Rights and the Rule of Law: trends in EU Member States - Search results

The document, prepared by the Center Science and Innovation for Development (SCiDEV), provides an independent legal analysis of Albania’s draft Penal Code. It examines the draft’s potential impact…Show details

Despite the country’s solid foundations in terms of freedom of expression and media freedom, participants called for vigilance in the face of trends that might at some point severely affect those…Show details

Participants agreed that freedom of expression and media freedom were good overall in Estonia. They explained that it was safe for journalists to express themselves, but they also considered that…Show details

Whilst participants considered Belgium to be a very positive example in terms of freedom of expression, they were concerned about the future economic perspectives for the media sector. Given the…Show details

In Luxembourg the media landscape was complicated due to the use of multiple languages. Over the last 30 years a lot had changed. Originally newspapers were linked to political parties, and given…Show details

A new research from Free Press Unlimited shows that increasing legal pressure on media and individual journalists in the Netherlands leads to self-censorship, and psychological and financial…Show details

Ahead of the EU elections, the European Civic Forum published its Civic Space Report 2024. The report finds that overall, civic freedoms have deteriorated in Europe during the last five years.…Show details

Noting that Croatia was among the lowest ranked EU Member States on the Reporters without Borders index, participants considered that the pro-EU stance by the authorities was not sufficiently…Show details

Participants explained that the position and working conditions of journalists had been deteriorating over the past years. They believed that pressure was constant inside and outside media outlets…Show details

Participants recognised that the overall situation concerning freedom of the media was good in Sweden, as reflected by many global statistics. Participants expressed concern over a possible change…Show details